Testing Power Supply

[realchaos]

I recently upgraded from a FX-6300 to a Ryzen 5 1600 and I have been getting TDR errors when playing games. I think it might be because my psu is dying and having trouble outputting enough voltage to my graphics card. Is there any way to test this to see if its still going strong or not?

 

[elbert]

First make sure you have the latest motherboard bios. Next did you reinstall windows after updating the motherboard and CPU? If not could be a windows install issue.

 

[realchaos]

First make sure you have the latest motherboard bios. Next did you reinstall windows after updating the motherboard and CPU? If not could be a windows install issue.

I do have the latest bios. Also, I did a fresh install of windows 3 times. Also used DDU to uninstall drivers and reinstall drivers (various versions) multiple times trying to fix this issue. I looked through my dxdiag and saw many TDR errors, which I read is caused by a failing gpu or the psu not outputting enough to keep up with the hardware.

For more information, when I play games, it would freeze for a couple of seconds and unfreeze only to freeze again right after. Then I get the message "csgo.exe has been denied access to graphics hardware." At this point, I can still hear everything as if I'm playing the game, but the screen is just frozen. Of course, I can alt-tab back to desktop and close the game.

All of this gives me reason to believe that it is either my gpu or my psu. Though if you have any other thoughts, I'll be happy to hear them.

 

[elbert]

Only other things I would try is reseating the video card by pulling it out of the PCIE slot and push it back in. This may help if its a connection issue. You could also try bread bagging the motherboard. Unbolt the motherboard and take it out of the case. Set it on the motherboard box with everything connected to make sure its not a motherboard grounding issue.
If you still see problems then you should first try testing with a new power supply. This one is a good deal.
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Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12G 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($56.89 @ Newegg)
Total: $56.89
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